Hopes of finding alive the five soldiers, who went missing following heavy snowfall along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, are fading as blizzard-like conditions are hampering search and rescue operations.
A search and rescue operations continued for the second day on Wednesday to locate the missing soldiers. "Our search operations are continuing. The soldiers continue to remain missing," said Colonel Rajesh Kalia, defence spokesman at Srinagar.
Snow avalanches had swept away army bunkers at two different places on Tuesday. The first incident had occurred at Kanzalwan sub-sector of Gurez in the LoC when a snow avalanche swept away a high altitude `Mani Post' in Bagtoor area. Three army jawans, who were manning the post were swept away by the avalanche and continue to remain untraceable. The second incident occurred in Naugam sector along the LoC when two soldiers slipped down from high altitude area.
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After a month of heavy exchange of fire with Pakistan, it was finally the BSF's "Operation Arjun" that brought the Pakistani border guards to commit themselves to a peaceful resolution of issues, say defence officials.

The Kashmir valley was cut off from the rest of the country today as flight operations at the Srinagar airport were suspended and the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway and Mughal road were closed for traffic due to snowfall and rain. The present weather conditions in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to continue till Thursday due to a western disturbance over the state, the meteorological (MeT) office said. The 300-km long highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, was closed following heavy rains and snowfall at several places, including the Jawahar Tunnel, and

At least five Army personnel went missing after avalanches, triggered by heavy snowfall, struck two forward posts in Gurez and Nowgam sectors of north Kashmir's Bandipora and Kupwara districts on Tuesday. A police official said the avalanche hit an Army post at Baktoor near the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector during the intervening night and at least three soldiers were reported missing. "Efforts are on to trace the soldiers but continuous snowfall was hampering the rescue and search efforts," he said, adding the area has had snowfall reaching almost five feet. In another incident, two s

LeT suffered a setback on Monday when security forces killed three of its Pakistani cadres in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A 25-year-old mother of an eight-month-old girl was also allegedly killed in the crossfire.
“During a search operation, terrorists hiding in Abdul Hamid Mir’s house fired upon a joint search party. The fire was retaliated, and in the ensuing encounter, three unidentified LeT terrorists were killed”, said a police spokesperson.
Police have recovered three AK rifles along with other ammunition from the encounter site.
Massive protests rocked the area after the encounter with people taking to streets shouting pro-freedom slogans and denouncing the killing of the young woman.
Meanwhile, terror struck the troubled South Kashmir region on Monday when heavily armed militants fired at a Jammu and Kashmir Bank cash Van, killing two guards at Puju Kral Check village of Shopian district. A massive manhunt has been launched to nab the terrorists.
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